Ellis County

MULTIRACIAL PROFILE

The 2000 Census questionnaire was the first to allow respondents to select more than one race
. Nationwide, approximately 2.4 percent of the population, over 6.8 million Americans, marked an identification with two or more races.

As is the case with many racial and ethnic groups, the multiracial population is not evenly distributed across the country. Hawaii has the largest multiracial population with 24.1 percent of its population identifying with two or more races. Alaska follows a distant second with 5.4 percent identifying as multiracial. The five least multiracial states (Mississippi, West Virginia, Maine, Alabama and South Carolina) all have multiracial populations of less than 1 percent.

For more on the geography of the U.S. multiracial population, see our multiracial map
.

Number of Races Selected

Number

Percent of Total

Percent of Multiracial

Two Races

2,006

1.80%

96.63%

Three Races

68

0.06%

3.28%

Four Races

1

0.00%

0.05%

Five Races

1

0.00%

0.05%

Six Races

0

0.00%

0.00%

Multiple Race Combinations by Frequency

Rank

Multiple Race Selection

Number

Percent of Total Population

Percent of Multiple Race Population

1.

White and Some Other Race

1,076

0.97%

51.83%

2.

White and American Indian

449

0.40%

21.63%

3.

White and Black

181

0.16%

8.72%

4.

White and Asian

116

0.10%

5.59%

5.

Black and Some Other Race

51

0.05%

2.46%

6.

American Indian and Some Other Race

48

0.04%

2.31%

7.

Black and American Indian

18

0.02%

0.87%

8.

Asian and Some Other Race

18

0.02%

0.87%

9.

White and American Indian and Some Other Race

17

0.02%

0.82%

10.

White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

14

0.01%

0.67%

11.

White and Black and American Indian

13

0.01%

0.63%

12.

Black and Asian

11

0.01%

0.53%

13.

American Indian and Asian

10

0.01%

0.48%

14.

White and Black and Some Other Race

10

0.01%

0.48%

15.

White and American Indian and Asian

8

0.01%

0.39%

16.

Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race

6

0.01%

0.29%

17.

White and Black and Asian

6

0.01%

0.29%

18.

White and Asian and Some Other Race

6

0.01%

0.29%

19.

Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

4

0.00%

0.19%

20.

Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

3

0.00%

0.14%

21.

White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

3

0.00%

0.14%

22.

White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race

3

0.00%

0.14%

23.

Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

2

0.00%

0.10%

24.

American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

1

0.00%

0.05%

25.

White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race

1

0.00%

0.05%

26.

White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander